CN112772969A

CN112772969A - Element and smoking article thereof

Info

Publication number: CN112772969A
Application number: CN202110112034.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张银强
Original assignee: Beijing Chawang Biotechnology Co ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Chawang Biotechnology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-27
Filing date: 2021-01-27
Publication date: 2021-05-11

Abstract

The invention discloses an element and a smoking article thereof, and relates to the technical field of herbaceous plant products. The cooling element of the invention is a columnar body; the cylindrical body is internally of a hollow structure which axially penetrates through two opposite end faces, the hollow structure forms a hollow body, and the cylindrical body extends from the inner wall surface of the cylindrical body to the hollow body to form a plurality of convex strips. The cooling element disclosed by the invention is used for smoking products, and can achieve the technical effects of uniformly cooling, uniformly adjusting the resistance to smoking and improving the smoking effect.

Description

Element and smoking article thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of herbaceous plant products, in particular to an element and a smoking product thereof.

Background

The traditional cigarette produces more kinds of smoke products after chemical reactions such as high-temperature combustion, cracking and the like of tobacco shreds, and then the smoke products are sucked by people, and the smoke products not only cause great harm to the bodies of smokers, but also bring more pollution to the environment. Therefore, as the demand for health of people is higher and higher, a new type of tobacco is developed, which can meet the demands of smokers by heating tobacco to obtain nicotine and flavor substances in the tobacco, and this way can reduce the physical harm and environmental pollution to some extent. However, harmful substances such as nicotine contained in tobacco cannot be completely removed, and the harmful substances still affect the health of smokers.

Accordingly, a new type of non-tobacco smoking article has been developed in the art, which uses primarily tea leaves and flowers and fruits to simulate and replace tobacco smoke by heating the leaves and flowers at a predetermined temperature to produce smoke having tea, fruit, and flower flavors. The tea and the flower and fruit serving as plant raw materials are wide in source, various in variety and convenient to purchase, the taste of the prepared smoking product can be flexibly adjusted according to the types of the tea and the flower and fruit to obtain various smoke tastes, the consumption requirements of various crowds can be met, and the heating type tea smoking product has a very wide market prospect.

The prior art discloses a tea smoking article, which consists of a tea smoking substrate, a cooling element with a through hole and a filter tip. The cooling element has the functions of supporting and preventing movement, cooling the temperature of the smoke and allowing the smoke to pass through the filter section, and the cooling element is generally made of plastics, paperboards, acetate fibers or metals; the conventional cooling element is a hollow paper cylinder or a cylinder with a hollow inner part, and mainly used for reducing the temperature of smoke; but the cooling and resistance-absorbing effects need to be further optimized and improved so as to obtain better taste.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the embodiments of the present invention provide an element and a smoking article thereof, and mainly aim to solve the technical problem of poor smoke cooling effect and poor smoking resistance of the smoking article.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention mainly provides the following technical scheme:

in one aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide an element, which is a cylindrical body; the cylindrical body is internally provided with a hollow structure which axially penetrates through two opposite end surfaces, the hollow structure forms a hollow body, and the cylindrical body extends from the inner wall surface to the hollow body to form a plurality of convex strips.

The interior of the element of the embodiment of the invention is a hollow body with openings at two ends, the hollow body can enable a large amount of smoke to pass through, but the cooling effect is common, and a mouth is slightly heated in a suction inlet; the invention adds the convex strip in the hollow body, the convex strip divides the hollow body into a plurality of gas channels; the raised lines have certain quantity, area or volume, and the flue gas can fully exchange heat with the raised lines, so that the effect of uniform and full cooling is achieved, and the temperature in the flue gas inlet is appropriate.

Preferably, in the above embodiment, the columnar body has a plurality of ribs extending from an inner wall surface thereof in a radial direction toward the center axis, and the ribs axially penetrate between the two end surfaces.

In the above embodiments, the extending direction of the convex strip is toward the central axis, and the length of the convex strip is less than or equal to the length of the columnar body.

As a preference of the above embodiment, the material of the elements and the raised strips is silica gel material or plastic or plant material, the plant material is wood material such as tea, flowers and plants, and the forming process is grouting compression forming; the element is in the shape of a cylinder and/or the hollow body is in the shape of a cylinder or a cube or a hexagon; the connection of the convex strip and the inner wall surface is formed integrally. Above-mentioned silica gel material is better than other material cooling effects, the component is the shape that the cylinder more matches in whole smoking article, also assembles easily.

Preferably, the outer wall surface of the element has a plurality of parallel grooves along the axial direction, and the grooves (long strips) axially penetrate between the two end surfaces; the length of the elements, the length of the convex strips and the length of the grooves are the same.

The outer wall surface of the element is provided with a plurality of grooves which are mainly used for smoke to pass through the outer part of the cooling element, a plurality of channels formed by the raised lines are used for smoke to pass through the inner part of the element, and the depth and the number of the grooves can be adjusted according to the actual cooling effect and the suction resistance; preferably, the grooves are arranged on the outer wall surface of the element in a dense state (with a distance of 0.1-1mm between every two grooves) and in a shallow depth (about 0.1-0.3 mm), so that smoke can uniformly penetrate through the outer wall surface of the element.

Preferably, in the above embodiment, the outer diameter of the element is 6-7.2mm, a plurality of the convex strips are spaced from each other, and the number of the convex strips is 2-10.

The outer diameter of the element is close to the inner diameter of the smoking article as much as possible so as to better fix the position of the element in the smoking article and prevent the element from moving easily; the inner diameter of a conventional smoking article is about 7mm, the outer diameter is 7.2mm, and the outer diameter of the element can be matched according to actual products; the number of the convex strips can be set according to the inner diameter of the element, and under the condition that the inner diameter is fixed, the more the number of the convex strips is, the larger the heat exchange area is, and the larger the suction resistance is, so that the technical personnel in the field can adjust the heat exchange area according to actual needs.

As a preference of the above embodiment, the number of the convex strips is 4 to 8; the plurality of convex strips are uniformly arranged along the circumferential direction of the inner wall surface, or are symmetrically arranged along the diameter direction of the columnar body.

The quantity of sand grip is preferred to be set up in pairs, and with the inner diameter symmetry of component sets up, and under the fixed circumstances of its inner diameter, the quantity of sand grip is preferred 8, inhales to hinder and the cooling effect can all reach better experience this moment, if further adjust to inhale hinder and the cooling effect, adjustable the extension length of sand grip.

In the above embodiment, it is preferable that the extending ends of the plurality of ribs are not in contact with each other, and the extending lengths of the plurality of ribs are the same and smaller than the radius of the hollow body.

When the extending length of the convex strips is smaller than the radius, a central hollow body passage with smaller diameter is formed by surrounding the extending ends of the convex strips at the central part of the hollow body, and the passage is used for air flow to pass through.

Preferably, in the above embodiment, a ratio of an extension length of the convex strip to a radius of the hollow body is 1 to 3:4, preferably in a ratio of 1.5 to 3:4, more preferably 2 to 3:4, and preferably 2.5-3: 4.

in the invention, three gas channels are designed in the best design scheme, the raised strips divide the hollow body into a first channel(s), a second channel(s) formed by surrounding the extending ends of the raised strips and a third channel(s) formed by the grooves.

In another aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a smoking article comprising, in order from a smoking end to a smoking end, a smoking element, a cooling element and a filter element; the cooling element is the above element.

Preferably, the material of the smoking element is non-tobacco; the non-tobacco comprises tea leaves; the tea leaves are selected from at least one of green tea, black tea, white tea, yellow tea, scented tea, oolong tea, fruit tea, scented tea and herb tea.

Preferably, the filter element comprises a one-stage structure, a two-stage structure or a three-stage structure; the one-section structure comprises a solid column body, a hollow column body or a hollow column body; the two-section structure comprises a combination of any two structures of a hollow cylinder, a solid cylinder and a hollow cylinder; the three-section structure comprises at least two structures of a hollow column body, a solid column body and a hollow column body which are combined according to three sections; the cross section of the hollow part of the hollow column body is in a shape of a circle, an ellipse, a square, a regular hexagon, a heart, a pentagram or a circular ring. The above materials are either commercially available or custom made from the manufacturer.

Preferably, the two-section structure is formed by combining a hollow cylinder and a solid cylinder embedded with an exploding bead, wherein the hollow cylinder is arranged at the downstream end close to the second smoke generating body, and the solid cylinder is arranged at the end close to the smoking end, which is simply expressed as a hollow body-an exploding bead-containing solid body.

Preferably, the three-stage structure is a combination of a hollow cylinder, a solid cylinder with embedded blasting beads and a hollow body (or hollow cylinder), wherein the hollow cylinder is close to the downstream end of the second smoke generating body, and the hollow body (or hollow cylinder) is a suction end, which is simply represented as hollow cylinder-solid cylinder with blasting beads-hollow body, or hollow cylinder-solid cylinder with blasting beads-hollow cylinder; the hollow body, namely the tube is internally provided with no filling material and is an empty tube.

As a preferred embodiment of the above embodiment, an explosion bead is arranged between the cooling element and the filter element and/or an explosion bead is embedded in a solid column of the filter element, and the explosion bead contains perfume or essence; the spice or essence is at least one selected from strawberry extract, banana extract, watermelon extract, juicy peach extract, blueberry extract, pineapple extract, mango extract, clove extract, agilawood extract, Hami melon extract, apple extract, citrus extract, coffee and menthol.

In a further aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a method of using a smoking device, the method comprising the steps of:

inserting a heating element into an upstream end of a smoking element of the smoking article; raising the temperature of the heating element, heating the smoking element to generate smoke, and extracting the heating element from within the upstream end of the smoking article.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:

aiming at the technical problems of poor cooling effect and non-uniform suction resistance of the cooling element of the smoking product, the invention adopts the technical means that a plurality of raised lines are arranged in the internal hollow cylindrical element to form a plurality of airflow channels and increase the heat exchange area, thereby achieving the technical effects of uniform cooling and better taste.

Drawings

Fig. 1A and fig. 1B are schematic perspective views of a cooling element according to an embodiment of the present invention;

(FIG. 1A shows no groove on the outer wall, and FIG. 1B shows a groove on the outer wall)

FIGS. 2A-2B are schematic top views of cooling elements provided in accordance with embodiments of the present invention;

(FIG. 2A shows no groove on the outer wall, and FIG. 2B shows a groove on the outer wall)

FIGS. 3A-3C are enlarged schematic views of cross-sectional structures of cooling elements provided in accordance with embodiments of the present invention;

(FIG. 3A shows no groove on the outer wall, FIG. 3B shows a groove on the outer wall, and FIG. 3C shows a groove on the outer wall and a protrusion connected together)

FIGS. 4A-4B are schematic diagrams illustrating a longitudinal cross-sectional structure of a cooling element according to an embodiment of the present invention;

(FIG. 4A shows the length of the protruding strip being smaller than the length of the cooling element, and FIG. 4B shows the length of the protruding strip being equal to the length of the cooling element)

FIG. 5 is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional structural view of a smoking article provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 6A-6C are schematic longitudinal cross-sectional structural views of filter elements provided in accordance with embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 7A-7F are schematic cross-sectional views of a filter element (fig. 6B) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals

1-smoking element, 2-cooling element, 21-convex strip, 22-groove, 3-filtering element, 4-bead blasting and 5-heating element.

Detailed Description

To further illustrate the technical means and effects of the present invention adopted to achieve the predetermined objects, the following detailed description of the embodiments, technical solutions, features and effects according to the present invention will be given with preferred embodiments. The particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in the embodiments or embodiments described below.

Example 1 (groove + short silica gel column)

A cooling element 2 is a column body (silica gel column) made of silica gel material, the length is 23mm, the outer diameter is 7mm, and the wall thickness is 0.4-0.5 mm; the cylindrical body has a hollow structure axially penetrating two opposite end surfaces, and the hollow structure forms a cylindrical first hollow body; the column body is extended with convex strips 21 (integrally formed) from the inner wall surface thereof along the radial direction towards the central axis direction, the convex strips 21 of the silica gel material axially penetrate between the two end surfaces, the number of the convex strips 21 is 8, the 8 convex strips 21 are uniformly arranged along the inner circumferential direction of the column body and symmetrically arranged along the diameter direction of the column body, the extension length of each convex strip 21 is 1.5mm, the axial length of each convex strip 21 is 23mm, the wall thickness of each convex strip 21 is 0.4mm, the 8 convex strips 21 are mutually parallel along the axial direction, the extension ends of the 8 convex strips 21 are not connected with each other, a second hollow body is formed at the center of the first hollow body, the second hollow body is a second channel, and 8 first channels are separated from the 8 convex strips 21 in the hollow body; the outer wall surface of the cooling element is provided with a plurality of grooves 22 (the distance between every two grooves is 0.2mm, and the groove depth is 0.1mm) which are parallel to each other, the grooves 22 axially penetrate between the two end surfaces, and the grooves 22 are third channels; the length of the cooling element, the length of the convex strip 21 and the length of the concave groove 22 are all 23mm, as shown in fig. 1B, 2B, 3A and 4B.

Example 2 (groove + Long silica gel column)

A cooling element 2 is a column body (silica gel column) made of silica gel material, the length is 26mm, the outer diameter is 7mm, and the wall thickness is 0.8-1.0 mm; the interior of the cylindrical body is a hollow structure which axially penetrates through two opposite end surfaces, and the hollow structure forms a cylindrical first hollow body; the column body is extended with convex strips 21 (integrally formed) from the inner wall surface thereof along the radial direction towards the central axis direction, the convex strips 21 of the silica gel material axially penetrate between the two end surfaces, the number of the convex strips 21 is 6, the 6 convex strips 21 are uniformly arranged along the inner circumferential direction of the column body and symmetrically arranged along the diameter direction of the column body, the extending length of each convex strip 21 is 1.0mm, the wall thickness of each convex strip 21 is 0.5mm, the length of each convex strip 21 is 26mm, the 6 convex strips 21 are mutually parallel, the extending ends of the 6 convex strips 21 are not connected with each other, a second hollow body, namely a second channel, is formed at the center of the first hollow body, and the 6 convex strips 21 divide a plurality of first channels in the hollow body; the outer wall surface of the cooling element is provided with a plurality of grooves 22 (the distance between every two grooves is 0.2mm, and the groove depth is 0.2mm) which are parallel to each other, the grooves 22 axially penetrate between the two end surfaces, and the grooves 22 are third channels; the length of the cooling element, the length of the protruding strips 21 and the length of the grooves 22 are all 26mm, as shown in fig. 1B, 2B, 3B (the number of protruding strips is 6, and the figure is similar), and 4B.

Example 3 (No groove + short tea column)

A cooling element 2 is a columnar body (tea column, its forming method is conventional in the art, such as pulping-grouting-coagulating-compression forming, etc.) of tea material, with a length of 20mm, an outer diameter of 7mm, and a wall thickness of 1.0-1.2 mm; the interior of the cylindrical body is a hollow structure which axially penetrates through two opposite end surfaces, and the hollow structure forms a cylindrical first hollow body; the column body extends with convex strips 21 (integrally formed) from the inner wall surface thereof along the radial direction towards the central axis direction, the convex strips 21 of the tea material axially penetrate between the two end surfaces, the number of the convex strips 21 is 5, the 5 convex strips 21 are uniformly arranged along the inner circumference of the column body, the extending length of the convex strips 21 is 1.5mm, the length of the convex strips 21 is 20mm, the wall thickness of the convex strips 21 is 1.0mm, the 5 convex strips 21 are parallel to each other, the extending ends of the 5 convex strips 21 are not connected with each other, a second hollow body is formed at the center of the first hollow body, the second hollow body is a second channel, and the 5 convex strips 21 divide a plurality of first channels in the hollow body; as shown in fig. 1B, fig. 2B, fig. 3A (5 convex strips, similar figures) and fig. 4B.

Example 4 (groove + bead interface + Long silica gel column)

A cooling element 2 is a column body (silica gel column) made of silica gel material, the length is 28mm, the outer diameter is 7mm, and the wall thickness is 0.8 mm; the interior of the cylindrical body is a hollow structure which axially penetrates through two opposite end surfaces, and the hollow structure forms a cylindrical first hollow body; the column body extends with convex strips 21 (integrally formed) from the inner wall surface thereof to the central shaft direction along the radial direction, the convex strips 21 of the silica gel material are arranged on the inner wall of the column body along the axial direction, the number of the convex strips 21 is 8, the 8 convex strips 21 are uniformly arranged along the inner circumferential direction of the column body and symmetrically arranged along the diameter direction of the column body, the convex strips 21 are intersected with the central shaft, the wall thickness of the convex strips 21 is 0.5mm, and 8 first channels are separated from the 8 convex strips 21 in the hollow body; the outer wall surface of the cooling element has a plurality of grooves 22 (with a distance of 0.2mm in pairs and a depth of 0.2mm), which are parallel to each other, the grooves 22 axially penetrate between the two end surfaces, the grooves 22 are third channels, and the length of the grooves 22 is 28mm, as shown in fig. 1B, 2B, 3C (intersecting convex strips) and 4B.

Example 5 (groove + Long silica gel column + Rib Length less than silica gel column Length)

A cooling element 2 is a column body (silica gel column) made of silica gel material, the length is 26mm, the outer diameter is 7mm, and the wall thickness is 0.8-1.0 mm; the interior of the cylindrical body is a hollow structure which axially penetrates through two opposite end surfaces, and the hollow structure forms a cylindrical first hollow body; the column body extends with convex strips 21 (integrally formed) from the inner wall surface along the radial direction towards the central axis direction, the convex strips 21 of the silica gel material axially penetrate between the two end surfaces, the length of the convex strips 21 is 18mm, the two ends of the convex strips are respectively 4mm away from the two end ports of the column body, the number of the convex strips 21 is 8, the 8 convex strips 21 are uniformly arranged along the inner circumferential direction of the column body and symmetrically arranged along the diameter direction of the column body, the extending length of the convex strips 21 is 1.0mm, the wall thickness of the convex strips 21 is 0.5mm, the 8 convex strips 21 are parallel to each other in the axial direction, the extending ends of the 8 convex strips 21 are not connected with each other, a second hollow body, namely a second channel, is formed at the center of the first hollow body, and the 8 convex strips 21 divide a plurality of first channels in the hollow body; the outer wall surface of the cooling element is provided with a plurality of grooves 22 (the distance between every two grooves is 0.2mm, and the groove depth is 0.2mm) which are parallel to each other, the grooves 22 axially penetrate between the two end surfaces, and the grooves 22 are third channels; the length of the cooling element and the length of the groove 22 are both 26mm, as shown in fig. 1B, 2B, 3B and 4A.

Example 6

A smoking article comprising, in order from a smoking end to a smoking end, a smoking element 1, a cooling element 2 and a filter element 3; the cooling element 2 is any one of the cooling elements of embodiments 1 to 5.

In the above embodiment, the material of the smoking element 1 is preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of green tea, black tea, dark tea, white tea, yellow tea, scented tea, oolong tea, fruit tea, scented tea, and herbal tea.

Preferably, the filter element 3 includes a one-stage structure, a two-stage structure or a three-stage structure; the one-section structure comprises a solid column body, a hollow column body or a hollow column body; the two-section structure comprises a combination of any two structures of a hollow column body, a solid column body and a hollow column body; the three-section structure comprises at least two structures of a hollow column body, a solid column body and a hollow column body which are combined according to three sections; the cross section of the hollow part of the hollow column body is in a shape of a circle, an ellipse, a square, a regular hexagon, a heart, a pentagram or a circular ring; as shown in fig. 6A-6C and fig. 7A-7F.

Preferably, in the above embodiment, an explosion bead 4 is disposed between the cooling element and the filter element and/or an explosion bead 4 is embedded in a solid column of the filter element, and the explosion bead 4 contains perfume or essence; the spice or essence is at least one selected from strawberry extract, banana extract, watermelon extract, juicy peach extract, blueberry extract, pineapple extract, mango extract, clove extract, eaglewood extract, Hami melon extract, apple extract, citrus extract, coffee and menthol.

Example 7

A method of using a smoking device, the method comprising the steps of: inserting a heating element 5 into the upstream end of a smoking element 1 of the smoking article; raising the temperature of the heating element 5, heating the smoking element 1 to generate smoke, and extracting the heating element 5 from the upstream end of the smoking article; wherein a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the smoke generating device is shown in figure 4.

The cooling element of the embodiment of the invention is provided with three gas channels, wherein the raised strips 21 divide the hollow body into a first channel(s), the extending ends of the raised strips 21 surround and form a second channel(s) and a third channel(s) formed by the grooves 22.

The embodiments of the present invention are not exhaustive, and those skilled in the art can select them from the prior art.

The above disclosure is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and shall be covered by the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the above claims.

Claims

1. An element, wherein the element is a cylindrical body; the cylindrical body is internally provided with a hollow structure which axially penetrates through two opposite end surfaces, the hollow structure forms a hollow body, and the cylindrical body extends from the inner wall surface to the hollow body to form a plurality of convex strips.

2. An element according to claim 1, wherein said body has a plurality of ribs extending radially from an inner wall surface thereof toward said central axis, said ribs extending axially between said end surfaces.

3. An element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the elements and the ribs are both of a silicone material or a vegetable material; the element is in the shape of a cylinder and/or the hollow body is in the shape of a cylinder or a cube; the connection of the convex strip and the inner wall surface is formed integrally.

4. A member as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outer wall surface of the member has a plurality of grooves extending axially in parallel with each other, said grooves extending axially between said end surfaces; the length of the element, the length of the convex strip and the length of the groove are all the same.

5. An element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the element has an outer diameter of 6-7.2mm, a plurality of said ribs being spaced apart, and the number of said ribs being 2-10.

6. An element according to claim 5, wherein the number of ribs is 4-8; the raised strips are uniformly arranged along the circumferential direction of the columnar body.

7. An element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extended ends of said ribs are not contiguous, and the extended lengths of said ribs are all the same and less than the radius of said hollow body.

8. An element according to claim 7, characterized in that the ratio of the extension of said ribs to the radius of said hollow body is 1-3: 4.

9. a smoking article comprising, in order from a smoking end to a smoking end, a smoking element, a cooling element and a filter element; characterized in that the cooling element is an element according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. A smoking article according to claim 9, wherein the material of the smoking element is selected from at least one of green tea, black tea, dark tea, white tea, yellow tea, scented tea, oolong tea, fruit tea, scented tea and herbal tea. Preferably, the filter element comprises a one-stage structure, a two-stage structure or a three-stage structure; the one-section structure comprises a solid column body, a hollow column body or a hollow column body; the two-section structure comprises a combination of any two structures of a hollow cylinder, a solid cylinder and a hollow cylinder; the three-section structure comprises at least two structures of a hollow column body, a solid column body and a hollow column body which are combined according to three sections. Preferred shapes of the cross section of the hollow cylinder include a circle, an ellipse, a square, a regular hexagon, a heart, a pentagram, or a circular ring. Preferably, an explosion bead is arranged between the element and the filter element and/or an explosion bead is embedded in a solid column of the filter element, and the explosion bead contains spice or essence; the spice or essence is at least one selected from strawberry extract, banana extract, watermelon extract, juicy peach extract, blueberry extract, pineapple extract, mango extract, clove extract, agilawood extract, Hami melon extract, apple extract, citrus extract, coffee and menthol.